Sustaining ecological and subsistence functions in conservation areas: eider habitat and access by Native hunters along landfast ice, Alaska, 1997-2011

• Main Authors: Aariel Rocha, James Lovvorn, Andrew Mahoney, Stephen Jewett
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Arctic Data Center 2019
• Subjects: landfast ice; subsistence conservation area; foraging energetics; Eider; marine spatial planning; Arctic; Chukchi Sea; Chukchi; Climate change; north slope; Alaska
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.18739/A28C9R436

In the Arctic, rapid climate change has kindled efforts to delineate and project the future of important habitats for marine birds and mammals. These animals are vital to subsistence economies and cultures, so including the needs of both animals and hunters in conservation planning is key to sustain...